Bookworm Belles discussion

Discuss anything you want to here, and let us know what book you are going to read :)

Hi! We have chosen The Kite Runner to start with.

So, Veer, when do you wanna start?

I went yesterday to the library tho get the book. So I'm ready for it! :)

Yay! I already have it on my cellphone so... Lets hit it! ;)

Yea! :)

How is it going so far, Veer?
I'm taking this book a bit slow; maybe because I'm finding out as I go that it's not the kind of book I usually read.

i read also quite slow, (i'm in chapter 4 now) I'll don't really get in to the story yet, but i think that that just take's some time

I'm having a bit of a problem with the names of the characters. Am I the only one?
Since they are foreign names, I don´t know how to pronounce them, and that stinks.

Hi Veer, are we still up for the challenge?

Sorry that I wasn't online lately... I Have almost finished the book. At the beginning I had also problems with the names, but that is better now... In which language are you reading the book?

It's ok, I haven't finished it either.
I'm reading it in English. Even though I speak Spanish, I always try to read books in their original language, because I hate feeling that there might be some things lost in translation (jokes, idioms, etc).

By the way... I'm hating Amir so far.

i'have finished the kite runner, i find it better than expected.
I liked the story, but could not understand why Hassan was so nice to Amir, when Amir was so mean to him... I really liked the ending though.
I really want to start reading the lord of the flies, but i have to read some books for school... so i'm reading those books first, if you don't mind... i'm sorry

Are we done in here ladies?

Almost...

I've just finished The Kite Runner. Unlike you, Veer, I had great expectations with this one, but I was really disappointed. I’m not sure about what I was expecting but it, certainly, wasn’t this.
As you know, I had problems, at first, with the names, but I managed to leave that aside; then it came the cruelty of the story: I hate the fact that so many awful things happened to “the good guys”; but most of all, I am confused because, implicitly, we’re taught to sympathise with the main character in a story, but in this book Amir is a mean, selfish, and jealous kid (and he hasn’t changed over the years, he just feels guilty).
And just when you think that the victims are going to have their happy ending, after all they’ve been through, something even worse happens and you end up crawling in your bed wishing this book would finally end, so you can stop suffering.
Instead of a single star, I give it two stars, because, at least, there was some kind of justice in what happened later to Amir.

I'll leave it up for a couple days in case you want to discuss together